Oak Park Community News Roundup and Events
Oak Park residents host and visit kin with trips to Rockford and Harvard. Morgan Wood to speak on The Average Man at Oak Park Club. Divorce case against George E. Hall rests on desertion. Local clergy fund Harlem mage sale buys velvet carpet for Grace church. St Catherine’s guild buys Grace church organ. Fire companies receive $100 each for aiding a recent blaze. West ward Ho Golf Club elects officers and adopts amendments. Grace Aileen Bliss wedding set for Nov 5 with Guy A. Miller of Detroit as groom. Fellowship club to discuss Progressive Woman with local and state speakers. prompt secretary replies requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dunfee
J. P. Finnegan
A. H. van Valen
Rockford, Ill
L. J. Taylor
Owosso
Mich
Dudley Taylor
Midway Park Avenue
Frank W. Yale
G. B. Bent
Rocky Mountains
Far West
South End
Euchre Club
Harry Wallace
M. J. Collins
H. H. Geselbracht
John Allen
Austin Circle
Anthony Rud
North Central Avenue
North Park Avenue
Miss Hoggins
Art Institute
Austin
South Franklin Avenue
Mire Re F Barron
410Th Central Avenue
Oe. Baptist Hospital
E. Andrew
Ross
North Pine Avenue
Andrew
Tarrytown
N. Y
Ella C. Rowe
Frink Street
Paul G. Rowe
Dunham Medical College
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
M.B. Church
G. W. Smith
J. H. Campbell
Epworth League
Lou Webb
North Forest Avenue
Morgan Wood
Oak Park Club
George EK. Hall
Albert N. Hall
J. W. Tope
Auvergne
Westward Ho Golf Club
Scoville Institute
J. Fred Butler
S. R. Ainslie
Perley Lowe
James A. Shaw
Howard Dunham
E. A. MacCready
Benjamin T. Hocking
Grace Aileen Bliss
Theodore Buss
Austin Avenue
Oak Park
Guy A. Miller
Detroit
Edyth Bliss
Grace Wilson
Ethel Johnson
Josephine Ashleman
Grace Haskett
Chicago
Edwing Miller
Englewood
Harold Emmons
Theodore Bliss, Jr
Fellowship Club
Unity Church
Banquet honor for Bishop Von Scheele attended by Austin couple
Rev and Mrs J N Brandelle of Austin joined a private banquet Friday at Rev L G Abrahamsson's home 2823 Princeton Ave honoring Bishop Knut Henning Ger Von Scheele. The Swedish envoy travels with Lady Von Scheele and plans a US month visit to meet King Oscar's interests and Swedish institutions.
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Mrs. Brandelle
Austin
Bishop von Scheele
J. N. Brandelle
Oscar’s of Sweden
North Star
Knut Henning Ger
von Scheele
L. G. Abrahamsson
D. D
Princeton Avenue
Bishop Scheele
United States
Sweden
Washington
Oscar
Roosevelt
Yale
King Oscar
Chicago
Austin School Notes Reflect Student Activities and Lectures
Rev A M White, pastor of the Methodist church, spoke to the high school about his European travels, sparking imaginations with vivid descriptions. Miss Grace Godfrey visited, English III reads Tennyson's Princess, Macbeth test next, report cards monthly, new tab le desks in bookkeeping, stenography rapid progress, Chenoweth displays drawings in mechanical drawing room, free hand and design work praised, biology studies media structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. White
Methodist Church
Europe
Mr. White
Grace Godfrey
Buchanan
Mich
Sesame Circle to Host Prof Maxime Ingres Lecture
On November 6 the Sesame circle will host Prof Maxime Ingres, head of the University of Chicago French department and president of the Alliance Francaise of Chicago, for a talk on the French people and their customs with mentions of the Louvre and Luxembourg. All friends and interested listeners welcome.
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Sesame Circle
Maxime Ingres
Louvre
Luxembourg
Ingres
University of Chicago
Alliance Francaise of Chicago
Prof
Oak Park Votes on Separation from Cicero
Oak Park plans a special election to secede from the Town of Cicero and form an independent village with Berwyn. The measure appears popular but requires Supreme Court ruling on constitutional validity before final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Berwyn
Cicero
Supreme Court
Oak Park Improvement Association Holds Year End Meeting
The Oak Park Improvement Association will hold its final 1901 meeting in the Scoville Institute parlor on Saturday evening November 2. Reports from standing and special committees and chairmen will be presented and Oak Park interests discussed. Nelson A. McClary, President. George R. Hemingway, Secy Treas.
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OAK Park Improvement Club
Oak Park Improvement Association
Scoville Institute
Oak Parkers
Nelson A. M’clary
George R. Hemingway
Secy.Treas
President Harper to Speak on Old Testament Prophecy
The third lecture by Chicago University President Harper will be held Friday night November 1 at 8 oclock at Second Congregational Church. The topic is Old Testament Prophecy. About 250 people attended the previous lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
Second Congregational Church
Advertisement for coal service and delivery from Traill and Collins
The ad promotes West mined coal prized for warmth and satisfaction. Call No. 1 to request a load from Traill and Collins and receive prompt delivery and guaranteed quality.
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No. ‘1
Bohlander Rites Held for Oak Park Business Leader
John P Bohlander prominent Oak Park business man died at home in Lake street after a brief illness of dropsy at 45. He served as director of Oak Park State Bank and was active in the Oak Park Business Men's Association. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday from his residence with services at Forest Home Cemetery Chapel. Card of thanks notes gratitude for flowers and sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Bohlander
Car Park
Lake “Street
Bohlander
South Maywood
Oak Park
Oak Park State Bank
Oak Park Business Men’s Association
Chapel of Forest, Home Cemetery
H. Hintze
Village Board Considers Street Railroad Ordinance
The Harlem Village Board weighs authorization for Lake Street Elevated Railroad to build tracks and operate trains through town with a five cent fare and ten minute service during peak hours. Suburban railway seeks similar concession and the appellate court suit may be dropped if the ordinance is accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Village Board
Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company
Rev Abel M White Presents Winter Lectures on Europe
The Rev Abel M White will deliver a series of lectures this winter titled A Summer in Europe. First on November 11 The Pleasures Humor and Benefits of Travel, with dates November 25 Venice The City of the Sea December 16 In the Footsteps of Sir Walter Scott January 27 Florence The Cradle of the Renaissance February 10 In the Footsteps of William Shakespeare February 24 The River Rhine illustrated with the stereopticon. Season tickets are one dollar.
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Abel M. White
Europe
Venice
City of the Sea
Walter Scott
Florence
William Shakespeare
Rhine
Varied facts from ancient to modern times in a brief survey
A digest of historical and geographic trivia notes ranges from grain planted in Kansas to medical densities in Germany and the U S. It cites Duluth flour mills aiming for 10 000 barrels daily, ancient Grecian silk cultivation, Byron composing Childe Harold, and Queen Victoria's rough sketch sold for 300. It covers Edward I height, silk worm length, the Amazon river, military supply needs, the Amoor river, and early November elections in eight states with a quip about the Guegetons' finances.
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Kansas
Germany
United States
Duluth
Greece
Levant
Byron
la Rochefoucauld
France
Tiberius
Queen Victoria
London
Amazon
Pacific Ocean
Amoor
China
Siberia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Iowa
Guegetons
Happy Tit-Bits Style Comedy of Wives and Gossip
A comic dialogue sketches marital banter and family fuss at a social visit. The Wife clashes with her spouse and mother in law over propriety while relatives tease each other about suspicion and flirtations. A professor seeks treatment from a doctor, who prescribes fresh air as a tonic.
Origin of the Curfew Aims Clarified
The piece rejects William the Conqueror as originator and notes Oxford's Carfax bell in Alfred the Great era. It argues curfew likely started as fire safety and built no major tyranny, given literacy limits and indoor pastimes.
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George S. Tyack
William the Conqueror
England
Oxford
Alfred
Carfax
Lawyer Tricks Backfire In Debt Case Card Ruse
A Newark lawyer sought a fee by giving his card to a friend who passed it to Mr. D. The debtor paid the loan to Mr. C. after being told the lawyer had been retained. The lawyer now weighs pursuing a 10 percent fee against Mr. C. for the collection.
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Newark
Barrista
Mr. C
Newark News
Astonished Teacher Learns From Spelling Lesson
An intermediate grade teacher in the third ward school shows off her class to visitors. A red headed boy spellings introduction and, after being asked its meaning, jokes that his mother would learn the unknown visitor’s name by sending him for a can of beer, prompting the teacher to end the lesson.
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Third Ward
Milwaukee Sentinel
Twain recounts jail claim during London club anecdote
In London Mark Twain recalls a humorous club ritual where hosts introduce guests. He jokes about a Rockies lecture memory, where a cow-puncher chair man quips that one guest is notable for never having been in jail and for unknown reasons.
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Mark Twain
London
Twain
Rockies
Wholesale Beer Drinkers in Britain Reach Huge Volumes
The text notes that Britain leads global beer consumption with 1900 intake at 1,298,766,000 gallons. It translates this figure into about 205,000,000 cubic feet, likening it to a reservoir 2,000 feet long, 1,000 feet wide and 104 feet deep.
Harlem notices and local events recap
Theodore Gerlach of Grays Lake visits Harlem while Elsie Keuchel returns from Germany. Aht Maennerchor plans a chorus at Thode’s hall on November 9. Evening Card club hosts Otto Hintz. Harlem seeks a street railway fare concession. Frank Parker fined for driving a stone wagon on Jackson boulevard. Pastor Grosse’s church plans a November 7 entertainment with tickets at Drechsler’s. Henry Grindlach fined for shooting a sparrow hawk. hawk to be mounted for display.
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Theodore Gerlach
Grays Lake
Wis
Harlem
Elsie Keuchel
Germany
Aht Maennerchor
Thode’s
Otto Hintz
Desplaines Avenue
Randolph Street
Frank Parker
Capt. Miller
Jackson Boulevard
Lehman
Pastor Grosse
Drechsler’s
Henry Grindlach
Chicago
Zimmermann
Wesplaines River
Odds and Ends from a Historic Column
The section notes early American industry facts and notable figures. It mentions the bow material of North American Indians from orange wood, Eli Whitney and the 1793 cotton gin, Pawtucket's 1794 thread factory, and Henry VIII’s obesity. It also cites the Nicaragua canal impact, Skat and Bridge as games, and future telephonic links between Italy and Switzerland.
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Eli Whitney
Pawtucket
Henry VIII
Nicaragua Canal
New York
San Francisco
River Forest Gossip Signals Movements and Meetings
Journal notes personal trips and arrivals including J A Cost North trip ten days Mrs Warne back from Wisconsin Miriam Murphy guest in Baldwin Kan locals move to Hopping house Charles Carlson to occupy Keystone residence Ed Hopping new Aurora job and move F J Watson hosts teachers Halloween party Mrs George Howser hosts Presbyterian youth Rev A H Kisteer to begin services next Sunday church reception planned Friday at church parlors
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J. A. Cost
Warne
Wisconsin
Miriam Murphy
Baldwin
Kan
We Kibben
Tea Bee
River Forest
Village Hall
Kesseler
South Forest Avenue
Charles Carlson
Chicago
Keystone Avenue
Belles Lettres Society
Andrew Mass
Ashland Avenue
Ed Hopping
Aurora
F. J. Watson
George T. Howser
Presbyterian Church
Lathrop Avenue
A. H. Kisteer
Pleasantries and city laughs in old jokes
A batch of quips from Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press Boston Transcript and Cleveland Plain Dealer about Rome manners sleeplessness babies and marriage. The humor highlights social missteps and punchlines from classic newspaper wisecracks.
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Cleveland
Plain -Dealer
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